Within parent city
29
th percentile
Low
Census Tract · Ranked #67,219 of 84,120 nationally
Matthews Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 37119005709 · Mecklenburg County, NC · pop 4,643
Tract 37119005709 sits in Matthews eviction risk, NC, carrying an eviction-risk score of 3/10. Population here is 4,643. Cost burden runs 25% here against 45.3% across Mecklenburg County.
Risk score
3
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 13%
Stable renters 39%
Owners 48%
Tract context
Occupied units2,004
Renter share52.1%
SVI overall0.30
Poverty rate3.7%
Median income$105,862
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
15
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
28
th percentile
Low
National
20
th percentile
Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Matthews and the region
Centroid at 35.1317, -80.6976 · click any tract to drill in
Why Matthews scores 3
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Matthews
7.1
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.8
State political climate
North Carolina legislature & governorship
2.3
Economic stress
3.7% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,643 rent vs county FMR
4.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Matthews
4.5
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.6
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Matthews
7.3
Housing court bias
Inherited from Matthews
3.6
How Matthews compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 30
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 35%Socioeconomic
- 16%Household composition
- 56%Racial/ethnic minority
- 37%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Historic baseline (2000–2018)
- 106Total filings over 4 yrs
- 9.48%Avg annual filing rate
- 11.4%Peak (2015)
- 19Filings in 2016 (latest validated)
Filings dropped 32% over the past 4 months.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 8.7%Housing insecurity
- 5.5%Utility-shutoff threat
- 10.1%Food insecurity
- 6.9%SNAP enrollment
- 5.9%Transit barriers
- 8.3%No health insurance
- 14.3%Frequent mental distress
- 27.7%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Matthews
What pushes it up most is court filing pressure at 9.5/10. Well under the midpoint, economic stress reads 1/10.
17% are severely burdened past the 50% mark. That cohort absorbs no shock: one repair bill or one cut shift converts straight into arrears. On the softer side, state political climate reads 2.3/10.
It sits 1.0 points below the Mecklenburg County average of 4.0. Princeton's Eviction Lab logged 106 filings here across 4 tracked years.
SNAP participation runs 6.9% against 15.2% nationally. Food insecurity runs 10.1% against 17.8% nationally. The worst year on record was 2015, when 11.4% of renter households were served.
In a typical year about 9.5% of renter households face a filing. On the national scale it lands near the 20th percentile of the 84,120 tracts scored. On the CDC Social Vulnerability Index the tract reads 3.7/10, which tracks how hard a shock lands on the households already here.
These are ACS 5-year estimates; the score moves when the ACS, court-record, or statute inputs behind it move.
Frequently asked
About tract 37119005709
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 37119005709?
Census tract 37119005709 in Matthews scores 3/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 37119005709?
Median gross rent is $1,643/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 25% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 37119005709?
3.7% of residents in tract 37119005709 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 4,643.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 37119005709?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 30th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 35th, household 16th, minority 56th, housing 37th.
Q5
How many evictions are filed each year in tract 37119005709?
Princeton Eviction Lab recorded 106 eviction filings across 4 validated years in tract 37119005709 (2000-2018). The average annual filing rate is 9.48% of renter households, peaking at 11.4% in 2015. Source: Eviction Lab tract-validated 2024 release.
Q6
What share of households in tract 37119005709 struggle to pay rent?
About 8.7% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 5.5% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 37119005709 compare to Matthews overall?
Tract 37119005709 scores 3/10, lower than the parent city of Matthews at 4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Matthews eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
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Highest-risk tracts in Matthews
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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/ 10 · Low
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